frederick eberhart

Felix, a wonderful composition. Postive and negative at the same time! Well done!

Jana, this is a strikning image. I love the pastels and forms of the trees and grass. Great work!

Wonderful perspective at just the right moment! Also I am glad you were turning around frequently to check for oncoming trains, or we would not be able to enjoy this and other fine future pictures from you! Very best regards!

Thanks to All for your valuable feedback. I remember a highly saturated experience that morning, but then again, I am a child of the sixties! Good to get some neutral points of view. Here's a version slightly brightened with Levels, but without added saturation. Cheers!

Phill, this is a wonderful and rare capture! Excellent color, compostition and dynamic range. I bet you won'f find a better image of this structure!

Roger, this series is really stunning! The subtle richness of the color scheme and the composition of this particular image is quite pleasing to linger with. Very fine indeed! Cheers, Fred

Don, I like your impressionistic treatment of the subject. Like a dream or a memory. Well framed, fine job.

A very creative eye! Good work! Fred

Delightful! The miracles of nature!

Very fine image!

David, thanks for your feedback, valuable as always.

 

The soft focus is probably more a function of the camera/lens length option I use than of the stitching software. I use a Panasonic DMC-FZ20 with a Leica zoom lens 35 - 410 mm equivalent zoom capability. The zoom offers considerable flexibility in shooting mosaics, but the tradeoff is that at higher lens lengths the DOF is extremely shallow, particularly since f8 is the smallest aperture on this lens. I can offset this to some degree in printing and displaying at 300 dpi and above, but the net effect of this (plus the chromatic aberation and noise characteristics of the camera) is a soft feel, or as I prefer to call it, a painterly look!

 

If you look back, you'll probably see that most of my images have this same look. It doesn't win me any awards with the f64 section of the local camera club, but many like the effect.

 

I have attached an original component image (sans levels and saturation) for detailed examination (probably too large for dial up connection!).

 

Cheers, Fred

Thanks Henri, I value your point of view. Regards, Fred

Henri, I like the graphic composition of this one. Great work!

For your review and comment. Cheers, Fred

Roger, glad to share what I can. Not sure if you have seen the "FAQ" statement I put in the feedback section of my portfolio. Many answers may be there.

 

As for exposure, I normally meter the scene (in camera) just as I would a single shot image. All settings are then kept in manual to ensure that there is no tone or focus shift from one frame in the array to the next.

 

This technique can also be used to overlay the same image shot at different exposures to be blended in PS to increase the dynamic range of the final product. For scenes that recede uniformly into the distance, adjusting the focus of each successive row can also extend the DOF of the final stitched image. Carsten Ranke on PN is a real master of this approach, and has achieved stunning effects both in dynamic range and extended DOF.

 

Thanks for asking! Best regards, Fred

Kevin, you're quite adept at finding the right cloud formations to complement the landforms in your compostitions! This is excellent!

This is an extraordinary image! For me viewing it revealed a series of consecutive surprises of perspective until I settled on the pleasing reflection of the tree cluster in the distance. Delightful!

A lovely composition! Great eye!

Julie, I think you are probably right about shooting from the ridge. Unfortunately, I was right up to the fence, and didn't want to tempt the bull in the field!

Thanks Amy, David and Carsten!

 

Carsten, attached is a revision per your suggestion. Unfortunately, the breathing room was cramped by a merger of a few branches of equal darkness from an adjoining tree (why I cropped so tightly in the first place). I have committed the sin of clone stamping just to see how it would work. I like it!

David, this is a great catch, and your compostion works very well. Congratulations! Fred

Amy, images of children don't EVER get any better than this. I started off just browsing your gallery, but I can't get away from this one! Wonderful at so many different levels!

Dull weather, engaging image!

Roger, a wonderful image! Looks like you had to get down in the snow for this composition. Well worth it! Regards, Fred

Thanks in advance for your critiques. Regards, Fred